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Michael Pooler

Brazil Correspondent

Michael Pooler is a Brazil correspondent with the FT, based in São Paulo. He was previously a reporter on the industry team in London.
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  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    South America
    Plan to plough $1bn into sustainable farming in South America misses initial target

    Fund for beef and soy farmers who protect rainforest struggles to make loans as planned

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil fourth-quarter GDP declines as economic challenges mount for Lula

    Weak investment and slowdown in industry and services end five consecutive quarters of growth

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA
    Cosmetics group Natura embarks on makeover

    Body Shop and Avon owner is concentrating on revamping its brands during consumer spending squeeze

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    News in-depthBrazilian politics
    Brazil’s Congress riot: how Bolsonaro supporters stormed the capital

    Timeline of protesters’ shortlived attempt to take over Brasília’s institutions of power

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro plans return to Brazil as prosecutors seek to seize assets

    Former president has faced calls for expulsion from Florida after riots by his supporters

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Vale SA
    Vale weighs offers for stake in base metals business

    Brazilian mining group says talks have been held with sovereign funds, carmakers and industrial groups

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazilian police dismantle anti-government protest camps

    Move comes day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro raided Congress, Supreme Court and palace

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s capital

    America’s biggest banks are set to report another quarter of bumper profits this week

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    ExplainerBrazilian politics
    Who are the rioters who stormed Brazil’s government offices?

    Jair Bolsonaro has fomented bitter distrust in the electoral system among his supporters

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil police arrest 300 after pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Congress

    Authorities regain control after supporters overrun complex in protest against incumbent’s election loss

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Person in the News
    Marina Silva, an unflinching campaigner to save Brazil’s rainforest

    In her new spell as president Lula’s environment minister she will face challenges even greater than in her first term

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Brazil
    Investors fret over Lula’s approach to Brazil’s state companies

    Petrobras and Banco de Brasil shares hit by volatility in new president’s first week

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Inside BusinessFootball
    Brazilian football’s new goal: a league that can take on the world

    A pair of opposing consortiums are vying to create a new domestic competition

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula tightens Brazil’s gun controls and curbs gold mining in Amazon

    Newly elected president takes aim at Jair Bolsonaro’s legacy in first decrees

  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula launches stinging attack on Bolsonaro in inaugural address

    Leftwing leader returns to power for third term in divided South American nation

  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula sworn in as Brazil’s new president amid tight security

    Alleged bomb plot adds to tensions surrounding return to leftwing rule in divided nation

  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Lula picks political ally as next Petrobras chief

    Senator Jean Paul Prates promises changes to fuel pricing policy at Brazilian state-controlled oil producer

  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    Brazil
    Brazilians unite in grief following death of football icon Pelé

    Player widely regarded as greatest to ever play the game died at the age of 82 after a battle with cancer

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Pelé
    Pelé dead at 82 after stellar football career for Brazil

    Player hailed by many as greatest of all time dies in São Paulo hospital after battle with cancer

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Green champion Marina Silva returns to Brazil’s environment ministry

    New leftwing government has pledged to end deforestation of Amazon by end of decade

  • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
    News in-depthCentrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA
    Eletrobras plays down risk of renationalisation under new Brazilian government

    Chief executive of Latin America’s largest power utility says legal protections and cost would make reversal unlikely

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil lawmakers approve $28bn increase in spending cap for Lula plans

    Constitutional amendment will allow incoming president to fulfil promise to spend more on welfare and infrastructure

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s supreme court declares ‘secret budget’ unconstitutional

    Rejection of Bolsonaro-era mechanism and second ruling on welfare spending boosts Lula in run-up to inauguration

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Petrobras
    Petrobras defends decarbonisation strategy as political pressure rises

    Latin America’s largest crude supplier says it does not want to ‘go woke, go broke’ as president-elect Lula pushes for change

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Lula looks to reduce role of armed forces in Brazilian politics

    Choice of defence minister comes as pro-Bolsonaro supporters protest the outcome of the country’s election

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